The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!" Proverbs 26:13

I need to confess quite openly that I lean toward laziness. When I was a child, it was even more pronounced; even such easy chores as sweeping the kitchen or vacuuming the livingroom were excruciatingly tedious for me. Today, I find myself ensconsed on the couch while things need to be done. Half-written manuscripts occupy disk space because I have grown "tired" of writing them. I know this about myself. I am also aware that when I am complaining about washing three loads of wash, I did not have to get up before the crack of dawn to start the fire under the great kettle in the yard. I also know that I am not going to spend hours and hours scrubbing those same clothes on a washboard with soap that burns into the cracks of my work-worn hands. I have, instead been born into a blessed generation that has every technology at the beckoning, and ever more on the way. I doubt very seriously that one day I will wake up and no longer have to fight through laziness and procrastination. I think it will always be a challenge to get motivated. To clean the car or vacuum the house. My choice will always be for a good book and a comfortable couch. But I am better. God has sent a spouse into my life who is a neat-nut. This has helped me considerably. I have also tried to get things done BEFORE I sit down and relax. Then, when I finally DO sit down, it is more delicious than it would have been if I had not. I reward myself when I go do the wash at the Laundromat. I start small with things that are easier, and work up to the bigger things. All and all, it is like my spiritual life. I will always be on the road. And the road is where it begins.